Fabio Capello will make a personal check on Paul Robinson before naming the England squad for next week's friendly against France in Paris. The goalkeeper did not feature in Capello's first match in charge, the 2-1 defeat of Switzerland at Wembley last month, but he has regained his place at Tottenham Hotspur and Capello will be at White Hart Lane tomorrow to watch Juande Ramos's team take on Chelsea.

The England head coach, who has expressed misgivings about the paucity of high-quality English goalkeepers, wants to see whether Robinson can be regarded as a safe pair of hands after a difficult season. By his own admission the 28-year-old's confidence suffered after a series of high-profile mistakes, for Tottenham and England, culminated in him losing his place in both teams.

He has regained the first-team spot at Tottenham after his replacement, Radek Cerny, failed to impress Ramos, but Capello will be anxious to see whether a goalkeeper who was virtually an ever-present for England under Sven-Goran Eriksson and Steve McClaren can re-establish himself as a serious challenger for David James's position.

Capello, who will also monitor the form of Frank Lampard and John Terry tomorrow, restored James to the England team against Switzerland, rewarding an outstanding season for the Portsmouth goalkeeper. But James will be approaching his 40th birthday when the World Cup takes place in South Africa in 2010 and Capello's other options are limited.

The Italian could be forgiven if he has lost confidence in Scott Carson after watching his erratic performance against Portsmouth on Saturday. Joe Hart, of Manchester City, has impressed Capello and could conceivably be promoted from the England Under-21 squad at the expense of Carson or Chris Kirkland. However, Ben Foster's return in Manchester United's goal has thrown up the possibility that the 24-year-old - "England's No1 for the next 10 years", according to his manager, Sir Alex Ferguson - may also be in the party against France.

Foster will almost certainly become Capello's regular No1 and, having come back from a serious knee problem, his emergence has given Edwin van der Sar serious cause for concern. Van der Sar is contracted to United until 2009 but the Dutchman, who plans to retire from international football after this summer's European Championship, is understood to be contemplating a return to the Netherlands this summer. The popular belief at United is that Foster will establish himself as Ferguson's first-choice goalkeeper next season and it is doubtful whether Van der Sar will tolerate being a substitute.

Van der Sar missed the 1-0 defeat of Derby County on Saturday because of a groin injury but has a chance of returning to the team for tomorrow's game at home to Bolton Wanderers. Otherwise Foster will remain in goal ahead of Tomasz Kuszczak, who has struggled at United and is likely to be moved on this summer.

Capello's assistant, Franco Baldini, has returned from Dallas where he checked on the fitness of David Beckham, who was playing for LA Galaxy against Dallas in a pre-season friendly. The FA said yesterday that it would make no comment about Beckham until it had discussed the matter with Capello.

Ramos has left Robbie Keane to stew in a sense of perceived injustice rather than offer him consolation, reinforcing the Tottenham manager's uncompromising reputation after he substituted his captain in the 2-1 Premier League defeat at Manchester City on Sunday.

Keane had scored Spurs' goal and the match was balanced at 1-1 when Ramos opted to substitute the striker, prompting Keane to tear off the captain's armband and throw his jacket to the floor when he reached the bench.

"I will not speak to Robbie about why I substituted him," said Ramos. "Will I do it again? Of course. I make changes depending on the requirements of each game. I don't worry about [tantrums]. If players want to get angry it is not something I worry about."